World Happenings Briefly Told
Arthur Gray, a blind newspaper seller from Birmingham, studies for the Alabama bar exam. A King Edward visit to Scotland after the coronation next May is under consideration. Free State bans arms exports to Spain in line with non intervention policy. Surgeon Commander Henry Ellis Yeo White named honorary surgeon to the king. Canada July cheese exports rise nearly one million dollars from last year. Sir Percy Vincent, London lord mayor, would move to the Dominion if younger and able to borrow. Jewish tourists in Portabach Austria have car tops slashed in a swastika pattern. Hardy Bent, bootblack to Edward VII in Toronto, dies at 89 after 60 years’ service. Gallach chieftains in western Ethiopia seek a British mandate over expanded territories. US navy port Vega brings Seattle season’s take of Pribilof sealskins valued at 1.75 million dollars to be shared by US, Britain, and Japan.
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Arthur Gray
Birmingham
Edward
Scotland
Spain
Free State
Henry Ellis Yeo White
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Percy Vincent
London
Victoria
Dominion
Poertabach
Austria
Hardy Bent
Edward VII
Toronto
Prince of Wales
Digby
London News Chronicle
Ethiopia
Great Britain
United States Navy
Tran Port
Russia tests underground coal gas for heating needs
Engineers in Lisichansk ignite a subterranean coal seam, cap shafts, and pipe gas to cities as an experimental method to cut transport costs. The coal pocket acts as an underground retort, initially yielding low heating value gas that improves as the fire intensifies.
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Russia
Lisichiansk
Opening Russian Canal Television Controls Moscow Locks
The Moscow Volga Canal locks will be managed by television as freight traffic begins. Begun in 1932, the canal will be fully usable in ten months, with seven thousand workers training to operate locks dams pumping stations and equipment. Two hundred ninety three fast boats are to be built.
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Moscow- Volga Canal
Moscow
Gaumont British unit films Eagle scene in Canadian mountains
Two members of Gaumont British shoot a sequence for The Great Barrier in British Columbia and Alberta. Sepp Algeier and Rudolf Rommer braved forests and six hours of wait to capture real eagles near the Kootenay Central line south of Golden. The eagle Dit features in Major Hell's Bells Rogers plot as the railway route near Eagle Pass is traced, recalling CPR construction over 60 years ago.
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Gaumont
British Columbia
Alberta
Sepp Algeier
Rudolf Rommer
Fulde
Kootenay Central Line
Golden
B.C
Gaumont British
London
Hell's Bells Rogers
Farrell Macdonald
Eagle Pass
CPR
Jin the
Bo's
Beliefs Of Jack Miner On Birds And Control
A historical critique outlines Jack Miner’s stance on protecting hawks owls and vermin versus poultry interests. It argues Miner favors control over animal insect and bird life and opposes sanctuaries that threaten valuable poultry or crops, urging harsh treatment of perceived threats. The piece frames Miner as opposing government upland game protections and endorsing unilateral control.
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Jack Miner
Staple Solution Solves Longstanding Heat-Resisting Brick Puzzle
Prof J O Everhart of Ohio State University engineering experiment station proposes grinding Minty clay into finer particles to fix destructive swelling and size variance in refractory brick from Ohio and nearby states. The finding could save millions for brick manufacturers and coal region fire clay users nationwide.
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Ohio
J. O. Everhart
Ohio State University
Engineering Experiment Station
Civilization Has It Statiton Not Confined To People Of Primitive Lands
A wide survey by Claudia de Lya traces superstitions across the world from New York skyscrapers to Texas farms and Perera jungles. The report notes beliefs persist in modern cities and rural areas, with many cultures sharing similar rites. In Bowery, Louis Carter known as Panhandle Louie, age 52, was sentenced to 15 days at Emex County Penitentiary after claiming he had to beg for work in Atlantic City due to unsuitable conditions. He explained to Recorder Lloyd Beatty that the weather forced his hand. The Milky Way is formed by the combined light of many stars too distant to see individually.
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New York
Tews
Perera
Claudia de Lya
Fontinental
Ohe
Bella
United States
Faa Ars
Louis A. Carter
Wallington Estate Bequeathed to Nation by Sir Charles Trevelyan
Sir Charles Trevelyan announces plans to leave the 250 year old Wallington House and estate in Northumberland, about 12000 acres, to the National Trust to ensure its preservation. He says private land ownership is incompatible with future needs and highlights historic collections, including works tied to Macaulay, Trevelyan, Ruskin, and Millais, housed at the estate.
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Wallington House
Charles Trevelyan
Board of Education
Northumberland
National Trust
Sir Charles
Ganten
Wallington
Macaulay
George Otto Trevelyan
Pauline Lady Trevelyan
Algernon Swindurme
Millais
Augustus Hare
Ruskin
Lord Macaulay
England
Want Something Different from Talks Aimed at Women
The News Chronicle reports that the BBC will reduce women only broadcasts focusing on pets and home chores, as educated women show interest in travel, work outside the home, politics, religion, arts, and sport, indicating talks for women only may become eccentric.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
News Chronicle
Newfoundland Tourist Hooks Unusual Prize While Angling
Harold Graham a Nova Scotia tourist on the Espanola highway Ontario tried fishing and landed a tire on his fourth cast. He swapped his worn relic for the tire and drove on.
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Harold Graham
Nova Scotia
Fairbanks Lake
Espanola Highway
Ontario
Graham
New Color Code Service Transmits Paris Colors Direct to Stores
New York and Chicago shops received five colors from Paris salons within 30 minutes marking the launch of a color code system. Transmissions used a colorable machine to reproduce hues in minutes, with designs by Radio Photo and reproductions on sale within 48 hours. Howard Ketcham claims 1/300,000 accuracy and a portable cabinet housing 87 Maxwell color discs.
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New York
Chicago
Paris
Marcel Hechas
Molyneux
Patou
Schiaparelli
Howard Ketcham
Maxwell
Aged Don’s Heirs Win Sugar Tax Cash Amid Refusal
Don Maximo Carbungco of Guaga Pampanga refused a 7500 dollar sugar processing tax payout. His sons pursued court action after he blocked acceptance, and a court ordered payment to the heirs as the aged landowner lamented divine province consequences.
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Maximo Carbungco
Guaga
Pampanga
New Deal
Townsman Dogs Lead Rule Text Redrafted In German Parish
A German parish council debated a dog leash rule. The initial draft implied the owner would be shot if found running without a lead. It was changed to read that the dog would be shot instead.
World’s largest telescope eye to lose four tons in grinding
Capt Clyde McDowell supervising engineer at Caltech Pasadena estimates the 201 inch eye for the Palomar Mountain telescope will shed four tons during grinding. The note hints at seaside hotels keeping guest rumbles in a book and includes a curious aside with a whine.
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Clyde McDowell
USN
Palomar Mountain
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Simple Crochet Pattern 5681 Beret and Bag Set
Crochet pattern 5681 offers a puff stitch raised design for a beret and matching bag. Includes edge stiffening with wire, complete stitch guides, materials, and an illustration. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for this item.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
E. Wanipeg
Children Most Fatal Road Crashes Alarm England Officials
A Ministry of Transport report shows that over 10 percent of road fatalities in England involve children under five, with 314 victims in that age group and 541 aged five to eleven. Most crashes occur on Saturdays, daylight hours dominate, and only two percent happen in foggy or misty countryside.
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Ministry of Transport
England
German water skiing debuts with lightweight devices
Water skiing on the Baltic Sea gains a new sport as a man uses two six to nine foot light strut tubes weighing about thirteen pounds to skim the water like a skier. He covers fourteen miles in four hours, demonstrating the device's potential.
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Baltic Sea
Australian sheep stations myth dispelled by Mrs Hedley Aardman
Mrs Hedley Aardman, widow of a New South Wales station owner, toured Montreal and Canada describing life on Merino sheep stations as comfortable with cottages gardens and community recreation. She noted two per acre density at 23000 acre and 4300 acre holdings, electric shears, and contracts. Social life includes quail shooting and polo. Her Sydney residence and world travels frame her view of Canada’s scenery.
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Australia
Down Ander
Hedley Aardman
New England
New South Wales
Hardman
Sydney
Canada
Vancouver
A Rare Water Plant Sought in Queensland Swamp
Professor F. E. Lloyd of McGill University arrives in Australia to locate Utriculata Tubulata, a flesh eating water plant feeding on minute insects. Discovered in 1875 by Armitt, no other specimens have been found worldwide. Lloyd plans to spend at least a year in Australia chasing this rare fernlike plant.
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Queensland
F. E. Lloyd
McGill University
Montreal
Australia
Armitt
Lloyd
Dutch East Indies
China
Central America
There Te Something In A Name Authenticated Records
A quirky item from Neal O Hara in the New York Post notes repeated shipwrecks and drownings in which a Hugh Williams survives or is saved. The tale moves through dates in 1663 1765 1820 and 1889 with the same name recurring in peril and escape. A separate comic vignette describes a secretary and a visitor asking to see the manager while a wife is mentioned. The piece ends with a dining room note about light for carving and a knife.
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Neal O'Hara
New York Post
Hugh Williams
Menai
English Channel
Isle of Man
Thames
London
Leeds
Comerarion
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